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Dr. Pirofski studies innate and vaccine-induced immunity to disease-causing microbes, including Cryptococcus (the leading cause of fungal meningitis globally) and Pneumococcus (the leading cause of pneumonia in the United States and globally). She has described novel ways by… Learn more

Tia Powell, M.D., explains how gender bias in medicine can impact care, and shares her own experiences with the issue. Dr. Powell is the Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Faculty Scholar in Biomedical Ethics at Einstein and director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics.

While the DNA in human cells constantly accumulate new mutations, Jan Vijg, Ph.D., notes that evolution has built in numerous “safety nets” to prevent cancer from developing. Dr. Vijg is professor and chair of genetics and the Lola and Saul Kramer Chair in Molecular Genetics at Einstein.

A study by David Prezant, M.D., Amit Verma, M.B.B.S., and others finds that firefighters exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster site face an increased risk for a blood cancer precursor. Dr. Prezant is professor of medicine at Einstein, a pulmonary disease specialist at Montefiore and chief medical officer of the FDNY; Dr. Verma is professor of medicine at Einstein and director of hematologic malignancies at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care.

Einstein and Montefiore on the Forefront of Opioid Addiction Treatment

Einstein and Montefiore have established one of the nation's foremost clinical, research and training programs in addiction medicine. Dr. Julia Arnsten and Dr. Chinazo Cunningham discuss their research and implementation…

Einstein-Montefiore Timeline

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a part of Montefiore, is a premier, research-intensive medical school dedicated to innovative biomedical investigation and to the development of ethical and compassionate physicians and scientists. Inspired by the words of our namesake, we have from our inception welcomed students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds who strive to enhance human health in the community and beyond. This is an attribute in which Albert Einstein took great pride when consenting to the use of his name in conjunction with the medical school.

Einstein’s first medical school class

1955

Two years after scientist and humanitarian Albert Einstein agrees to lend his name to a new medical school, the College of Medicine welcomes its first class of students (pictured here on graduation day, 1959).

Montefiore assumes operation Weiler Hospital

Departments of medicine merge

The Einstein and Montefiore departments of medicine merge, combining the strengths of both campuses. Louis Sherwood, M.D., becomes the first unified chair of medicine.

Montefiore employs joint faculty

1990

Montefiore employs joint Einstein-Montefiore faculty.

Reaffirming the partnership

2009

Dean Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., and Steven M. Safyer, M.D., president and CEO of Montefiore, sign a renewal agreement reaffirming the partnership between Einstein and Montefiore. The two institutions agree that Einstein will administer research grants awarded to Montefiore.

Yeshiva University-Montefiore agreement finalized

2015

The YU-Montefiore agreement is finalized. Montefiore has operational and financial responsibility for Einstein, and Einstein becomes its own legal entity. Transfer to Montefiore of Einstein clinical programs (e.g., the Division of Substance Abuse, the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center) is complete.